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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 324
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| USING HAMMER AT HOME ON METAL WHEN PIECE OF METAL BROKE OFF GOING INTO L FOREARM DX FOREIGN BODY L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| ACCIDENTALLY HIT ARM WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER DX: R FOREARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FB LEFT FOREARM.PT WAS HAMMERING ON A BOLT AND A PIECE OF BOLT SHOT INT O FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hammers |
| PIECE OF METAL FROM HAMMER BROKE OFF INTO ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hammers, Manual filing or sanding tools |
| PT WAS HAMMERING METAL FILE INTO GROUND AND PUNCTURED ARM. DX: L FOREARM PW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers, Ceilings and walls |
| 42 YOM USING A HAMMER AT HOME AND STRIKES FOREARM ON CONCRETE WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hammers |
| 50 YO USING A HAMMER FELT PULL IN ARM STRAIN/SPRAIN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2005 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hammers |
| CONTUSION R FOREARM, PT STS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK WITH A HAMMER AT HOME, C/O MODERATE PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO FX OR DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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